And just like that, something inside shifted very subtly, so that all the empty spaces in him suddenly disappeared, so that his breath timed to hers, so that his blood sang. This is why there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that just didn’t have words big enough to describe them.

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.

when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw

Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one!

Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

Bleeding heart, he’d called her. Well. He should know. He’d been the first to rip it to pieces.